TARIFF DUTIES. 251 



I. Statement respecting the tariff' duties and custom-liouse 

 regulations applicable to American cotton in the principal 

 commercial countries. 



COUNTRIES. LBS. . RATES OF DUTY. 



Great Britain, . . Free. 



France, .... 220, In national vessels, $3 72 ; in 



foreign vessels, $6 48.* 

 Spain, 101, In national vessels, 79^- cents ; 



in foreign vessels, $1 25. 

 Russia, .... 36, 18f cents. 

 Bremen, .... Ad val., f of 1 per cent. 



Sardinia, .... Free. 



Belgium, .... Free. 



Austria, .... Free. 



Sweden and Norway, In Sweden, free; in Norway, 



nearly J cent per pound 



Mexico, 101, $1 50. 



Hamburg, . . . Ad. val., % of 1 per cent. 



Holland, .... Free. 



Two Sicilies, . . 192-05, $8. 



British N. A. possess 1 - Free. 



Denmark, .... Free. 



Portugal, .... 101, 2 1-5 cents. 



Tuscany, .... Free. 



Papal States, . . 74'86, 10 cents> 



Cuba, 101, In national vessels, 19; in 



foreign vessels, 27 per ct. 



on a valuation of $5. 



* By the treaty of 1822 United States vessels are equalized with French 

 vessels in the direct importation into France of articles the growth, manu- 

 facture, or produce of the United States. 



